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prmoustacheyesterday at 11:27 PM1 replyview on HN

> You can assume that .com is American unless otherwise

Why?


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crazygringoyesterday at 11:37 PM

Because the internet was invented in America so it's the only country where a country suffix was never used from the start of its popularity.

I'm not saying this is good or bad or justified or not, just saying what the conventions are.

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